diff --git a/scripts/lib/image/engine.py b/scripts/lib/image/engine.py
index 29099ee0e6..047c40d908 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/image/engine.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/image/engine.py
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ def list_source_plugins():
 
 
 def wic_create(wks_file, rootfs_dir, bootimg_dir, kernel_dir,
-               native_sysroot, scripts_path, image_output_dir, debug):
+               native_sysroot, scripts_path, image_output_dir,
+               compressor, debug):
     """Create image
 
     wks_file - user-defined OE kickstart file
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ def wic_create(wks_file, rootfs_dir, bootimg_dir, kernel_dir,
     native_sysroot - absolute path to the build's native sysroots dir
     scripts_path - absolute path to /scripts dir
     image_output_dir - dirname to create for image
+    compressor - compressor utility to compress the image
 
     Normally, the values for the build artifacts values are determined
     by 'wic -e' from the output of the 'bitbake -e' command given an
diff --git a/scripts/wic b/scripts/wic
index 8869fba048..f9be972bad 100755
--- a/scripts/wic
+++ b/scripts/wic
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def wic_create_subcommand(args, usage_str):
     print "Creating image(s)...\n"
     engine.wic_create(wks_file, rootfs_dir, bootimg_dir, kernel_dir,
                       native_sysroot, scripts_path, image_output_dir,
-                      options.debug)
+                      options.compressor, options.debug)
 
 
 def wic_list_subcommand(args, usage_str):